People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section)
The People's Federative Party or just People's Federative Party was a Bulgarian political party in the Ottoman Empire, created after the Young Turk Revolution, by members of the left-wing of the Internal Macedonian Adrianople Revolutionary Organization. The Party decided to name itself Bulgarian Section, since it was hoped that other nationalities from European Turkey would adopt its program and form their own ethnic sections, but this didn't happen. Per its statute members of the Bulgarian Section could be Bulgarians, who are Ottoman citizens, at least 20 years old. It functioned for one year from August 1909 until August 1910. Their main political rival was the Union of the Bulgarian Constitutional Clubs.
Origins
image:Jane Sandanski Manifest 1908.jpg|right|thumb|The manifesto proclaimed by Yane Sandanski at the beginning of the Young Turk Revolution.The Kyustendil congress of IMARO in 1908 led to a disintegration of the organization - Yane Sandanski and Hristo Chernopeev contacted the Young Turks and started legal operation. After the disintegration of IMARO, the two first tried to set up the Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization. Initially, the group developed only propaganda activities, until Sandanski was injured by Tane Nikolov on September 24, 1908, in an attempt for the former's life. Later, the congress for MARO's official inauguration failed. Sandanski and Chernopeev abandoned the idea of MARO, and they started to work towards a creation of the Peoples' Federative Party. On July 18, 1909, Sandanski proclaimed the "Manifesto to all peoples in the empire", a work written by Pavel Deliiradev, who subsequently drafted the statute of the PFP, as well as its program. Another who was involved in the creation of PFP was Dimo Hadzhidimov, who emphasized that the answer is not in the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, but rather in regional self-government within the empire. In 1909 the group around Sandanski and Chernopeev participated in the rally of the Young Turks to Istanbul that led to the deposition of sultan Abdul Hamid II from the throne.
image:Јане Сандански и младотурскиот деец Нуредин-бег.JPG|left|thumb|200px|Yane Sandanski and Nuredin Beg.
Inauguration
[image:Delegates of the First Congress of the People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section).jpg|right|250px|thumb|Delegates of the First Congress of the PFP on 10 August 1909.][image:Resolutions of the Constituent Congress of the People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section).jpg|right|thumb|First page of the statute of the PFP (Bulgarian Section).]
The inauguration meeting of the PFP was held from August 3 to August 10, 1909 in cafe "Splendid Palace" in Solun. The representatives of 15 local organization attended the congress - Hristo Yankov and Dimitar Vlahov - Solun, Hristo Mendikarov and T. Klifov - Gorni Poroy, Stoyo Hadzhiev and Iliya Bizhev - Valovishta, Yane Sandanski and Georgi Kazepov - Melnik, Stoyko Pashkulov and Aleksandar Bozhikov - Nevrokop, Dimitar Koshtanov and G. Zahariev - Gorna Dzhumaya, Gerasim Ognyanov - Maleshevsko, Kostadin Samardzhiev and Hristo Chernopeev - Strumitsa, Pando Popmanushev - Petrich, Metodi Popgoshev and Dimitar Miraschiev - Veles, Dobri Daskalov and Doncho Lazarov - Tikvesh, Ivan Ilyukliev and Nikola Petrov - Kukush, Ivan Manolev - Bitola, Yordan Shurkov and F. Bayraktarov - Skopje, Georgi Skrizhovski and Ivan Elezov - Razlog, Taskata Spasov-Serski and Hristo Stamboliev - Ser, Todor Panitsa - Drama, Angel Popkirov - the region around Adrianople, B. Hristov - Dolni Poroy and Anastas Mitrev - Ohrid. As it is described in some of the party's official documents, it stood behind "the interests of the majority of the Bulgarian population - land owners that do not get state support, small land owners, craftsmen and small merchants." A major goal of the organization was the reform of the Ottoman Empire into a federation, which included a creation of autonomous vilayets in Macedonia, Albania, Armenia. Six committees were organized throughout the party's existence. The party's agenda was maintained by a commission that included Sandanski, Dimitar Vlahov, Dimitar Koshtanov and Ivan Manolov. The party's central committee consisted of Anastas Matliev, Dimitar Vlahov and Hristo Yankov, and party advisors Aleksandar Buynov, Dobri Daskalov, Dimitar Koshtanov, Yane Sandanski, Hristo Chernopeev and Yordan Shurkov. Dimitar Vlahov and Hristo Dalchev were voted as deputies of the PFP in the Ottoman Parliament.
[image:Statutes of the People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section).jpg|left|thumb|Statute of the PFP (Bulgarian Section): Sec. 1: A member of the Bulg. Section of the Peoples' Federative Party can be any Bulgarian that is Ottoman citizen of age over 20, who accepts the party's agenda and participates in one of its local organizations. NOTE: A citizen of another nationality is accepted as a member, until a party section for that nationаlity is established.]